Sarfo, Jebali open Swedish season with two goals each
Ghanaian midfielder Kingsley Sarfo had a memorable start to the Swedish football premiership on Monday when he scored twice in just under two minutes to record his first ever goals in the top flight and land Sirius a 2-0 win on its return to the Allsvenskan, as the league is known. The 22-year-old hit Djurgaden hard in the […]
Opinion: Citizenship status in Liberia
In my opinion, we need to take a look at the laws granting a person citizenship status in Liberia. It is obvious the current ones we have on the books for non-natural born and dual citizenships are working against the majority of ordinary Liberians in favor of people in positions of power and the business […]
Sweden: Africans discuss global goals
In late March, the Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) held a two-day symposium in Uppsala, Sweden focused on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and African development. The symposium, which brought together African diplomats and researchers, was dedicated to understanding African development within the framework of the SDGs. The event’s first session revolved around the purpose and expectations of […]
Liberia seeks re-election to int’l maritime council
Liberia’s Permanent Representative to the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Ambassador Isaac W. Jackson Jr. has announced the country’s intention of seeking re-election as a Category C Member of the International Maritime Council. Ambassador Jackson made the announcement during a recent meeting with IMO Secretary General Kitack Lim in London, the UK. Amb. Jackson said […]
Using tourism to fight poverty
The power of tourism to induce poverty reduction and development constituted the main focus of a UNWTO Workshop held in Guangdong, China last week. The Workshop for Poverty Reduction and Tourism Development was conducted under the framework of the agreement signed between World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the Chimelong Group in 2016 designed to support sustainable […]
Sweden wants favorable EU-UK relations
British Prime Minister Theresa May today, 29 March, notified the European Council of the United Kingdom’s intention to withdraw from the EU. The notification starts the clock ticking and the UK will leave the EU when an agreement on the withdrawal takes effect, but not later than two years after the notification unless the European Council unanimously decides to […]
Boakai: diaspora is major contributor to development
Liberia’s Vice President Joseph N. Boakai says Liberians in the diaspora are major contributors to the development of their country in terms of aid, supplies, remittances and support for overall national development efforts. Speaking at the Liberian embassy near Paris on Saturday when he met with Liberians residing in France, who were joined by the President of the […]
The naked truth about 2017: an analysis
The dawn of 2017 signals a new beginning for many Liberians. In addition to the many New Year’s resolutions, it is the year in which Liberians are expected to go to the polls to elect a president along with 73 representatives for the next six years; Stephen Johnson writes. The process that has commenced with […]
Tigo supports mobile birth registration in Tanzania
Tanzania’s digital lifestyle company, Tigo, has continued to support the Tanzania government’s under-five birth registration initiative through an innovative mobile application that is massively accelerating provisioning of birth certificates for children under the age of five. The under-five birth registration drive, launched in Geita and Shinyanga regions along the Lake Victoria Zone early this week, is expected […]
African electorates: the Liberian way
The electorates are those who stand in the queues to make history happen; Baba Sillah writes. They are often charmed by lofty promises of positive change and are wont to easily trusting sometimes as the aphorism goes: ‘Not the ones who make the most sense but those who say the most platitudes or spend the […]
